Singapore
CITY Developments Limited (CDL) is acquiring a 51.01 per cent stake in Chinese real estate developer Sincere Property Group for 4.39 billion yuan (about S$880 million) as it seeks to transform itself into a major property player in China.
With this, the Singapore-based developer will become the single largest shareholder in Sincere as it acquires a bigger stake than the 24 per cent shareholding it had previously announced it would purchase last year.
As part of the deal, a call option will be granted to CDL which it could exercise to purchase an additional 9 per cent interest in Sincere for 0.77 billion yuan at the same entry valuation. If exercised, it will allow CDL to acquire a 60.01...